Manager Solution & Technology Architecture
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About the Role
Etihad Engineering seeks a Manager Solution & Technology Architecture to define, govern, and improve enterprise technology architecture across applications, cloud, infrastructure, integration, cybersecurity, and digital platforms.
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Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the enterprise technology architecture roadmap aligned with business and digital transformation objectives
- Develop target state architectures for applications, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and integration platforms
- Establish architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and governance frameworks
- Provide technical leadership for major transformation programs, technology upgrades, and modernization initiatives
- Lead solution architecture activities for strategic business initiatives and projects
- Review and approve solution designs to ensure scalability, resilience, security, maintainability, and cost efficiency
- Own the cloud architecture strategy across OCI, SaaS, and hybrid environments
- Continuously monitor and optimize cloud resource utilization and consumption
- Define architecture standards for compute, storage, networking, virtualization, backup, and disaster recovery solutions
- Support Digital MRO, AI, Analytics, Automation, and other strategic digital initiatives
- Provide technical oversight for strategic technology partners and managed service providers
- Ensure technology solutions comply with cybersecurity policies, EASA Part IS requirements, and organizational standards
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 12–15 years of IT experience
- Minimum 5 years in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or Technical Architecture roles
- Proven experience in cloud, datacenter, hybrid infrastructure, and enterprise application environments
- Experience leading enterprise architecture reviews, governance boards, and technology transformation initiatives
- Experience managing cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices
- Experience evaluating and governing new technology adoption within large organizations
- Experience working with managed service providers and strategic technology vendors
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Overview
- The Solution & Technology Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and continuously improving the organization's enterprise technology architecture across applications, cloud, infrastructure, integration, cybersecurity, and digital platforms.
Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy
- Define and maintain the enterprise technology architecture roadmap aligned with business and digital transformation objectives.
- Develop target state architectures for applications, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and integration platforms.
- Establish architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and governance frameworks.
- Provide technical leadership for major transformation programs, technology upgrades, and modernization initiatives.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on technology strategy, innovation, and emerging technology trends.
Solution Architecture & Design Governance
- Lead solution architecture activities for strategic business initiatives and projects.
- Review and approve solution designs to ensure scalability, resilience, security, maintainability, and cost efficiency.
- Translate business requirements into end to end technology solutions.
- Ensure all solutions comply with enterprise architecture standards and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct architecture reviews and provide recommendations to project teams and vendors.
Cloud Architecture & FinOps Governance
- Own the cloud architecture strategy across OCI, SaaS, and hybrid environments
- Continuously monitor and optimize cloud resource utilization and consumption.
- Lead cloud right sizing initiatives to ensure infrastructure capacity aligns with business demand and budget allocations
- Establish FinOps practices for cloud cost governance, forecasting, chargeback/showback, and optimization.
Infrastructure & Platform Architecture
- Define architecture standards for compute, storage, networking, virtualization, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Ensure infrastructure designs support scalability, business continuity, cybersecurity, and operational requirements.
- Drive datacenter modernization and cloud adoption initiatives.
- Review infrastructure refresh and technology investment proposals.
Digital Transformation & Innovation
- Support Digital MRO, AI, Analytics, Automation, and other strategic digital initiatives.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities for innovation and operational improvement.
- Develop technology roadmaps that enable business growth and efficiency.
- Promote automation, AI enabled operations, and modern engineering practices.
Vendor & Technical Governance
- Provide technical oversight for strategic technology partners and managed service providers.
- Review technical proposals, statements of work, and architecture deliverables from vendors
- Participate in technology selection processes, RFP evaluations, and contract reviews.
- Ensure vendor solutions align with enterprise architecture standards and long term technology strategy.
Risk, Security & Compliance
- Ensure technology solutions comply with cybersecurity policies, EASA Part IS requirements, and organizational standards.
- Participate in risk assessments and security architecture reviews
- Support business continuity, disaster recovery, and resilience planning activities.
- Identify and mitigate technology risks across the enterprise.
Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with business leaders, project managers, application teams, and service providers.
- Mentor technical teams and promote architecture best practices.
- Lead architecture discussions with senior management and external partners.
- Build organizational capability in architecture, cloud governance, and technology management
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- Master's Degree or Architecture related qualifications preferred.
- Minimum 12–15 years of IT experience.
- Minimum 5 years in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or Technical Architecture roles.
- Proven experience in cloud, datacenter, hybrid infrastructure, and enterprise application environments.
- Experience leading enterprise architecture reviews, governance boards, and technology transformation initiatives.
- Experience managing cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices.
- Experience evaluating and governing new technology adoption within large organizations.
- Experience working with managed service providers and strategic technology vendors.
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